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date	22/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan journalists have received UK visas and been resettled in the UK since 1 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
tabling member printed	Damian Collins
uin	127369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government responded swiftly to the fast-moving and challenging events in Afghanistan, including supporting the largest and fastest evacuation in recent history. We can be proud as a country that we helped over 15,000 people to safety from Afghanistan in August 2021 and we continue to do all we can to enable those who are eligible to relocate to the UK.</p><p>There have been approximately 100 Afghan journalists who have been evacuated and brought to safety since 1 August 2021. Those who entered were granted Leave Outside the Rules (LOTR) for 6 months, this status is not a bar to them being permanently housed or to starting their life in the UK.</p><p>The Home Office is currently supporting those here in the UK to assist them to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain status.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/03/2022 16:41:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

1418864

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timetable is for issuing people who arrived from Afghanistan in 2021 and who were issued with six month temporary visas to be issued with (a) permanent visas and (b) national insurance numbers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	115898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>Our aim is to conclude the process of confirmation of Indefinite Leave to Remain status before anyone’s leave expires.</p><p>Those who entered were granted limited leave to enter with access to public funds and employment. This status is not a bar to them being permanently housed or to starting their life in the UK, including taking employment.</p><p>We have made arrangements to ensure prospective employers can contact the Home Office to confirm individuals’ right to take employment before the Department of Work and Pensions issue them with a National Insurance number.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/02/2022 15:18:29 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 49089 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1357117

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will authorise entry clearance without biometrics for visa applications from Afghan nationals in (a) Afghanistan and (b) countries bordering Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	52556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>A policy statement onAfghanistan resettlement and immigration was published on 13 September.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement-accessible-version" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement-accessible-version</a></p><p>We do not comment on security matters, but security checks underpin the UK’s immigration system and help identify against immigration and criminality records to prevent leave being granted to those who pose a harm to national security or are likely to breach our laws.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/10/2021 16:59:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 25080 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1351507

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the visa status is of Afghan staff who have worked, or currently work, for British non-governmental organisations.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	40823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Our Afghan relocation policy is one of the most generous in the world and has already supported over 8,000 directly employed former Afghan staff and their families to start new lives in the UK through the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP).</p><p>The Home Office is committed to providing protection for vulnerable people fleeing Afghanistan. The Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme will welcome up to 5,000 vulnerable Afghans to the UK, who have been forced to flee the country, in its first year, with up to a total of 20,000 in the long-term.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/09/2021 15:46:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi